The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-09-24

no, and 'archy' means coercion or force.
1t means really government tindi-
vidualism). [ should consider it per-
feet liberty to live according to natures
laws-to natural laws" That is the
kernel of anarchy. To have an organ
ized government based on doctrines and
ideas, even though it be republican, in
their esteem is necessarily to have ''cc-
ercion," "force.' ''Self- f-government'
(individualism) is the only true idea.
Leave every individual to his own unre-
strained and unembarrassed will to live
according to "nature's," not society's
laws. Anarchy means no rule. Who
can fail to see the perfect analogy be-
tween the plan by which these people
expect to realize freedom and fellow
ship in sOciety-doing away with polit-
ical doctrines and ideas in constitutions
and laws, and the plan of the Ethical
Unitarians to reach similar ends in the
church-putting out of the bases of Or
CARNATIONS all religious doctrines and
ideas and confessing only principles ?"
For these very anarchists have the
most beautiful ethical ideals. Can any
ideal be superior to liberty, equality,
and brotherhood among men ? But
must we for this reason approve and
adopt their method ? A motley, het-
erogeneOus, incompatible, unrestraine J.,
uncontrolled company of men would, in
the name of freedom, soon destroy all
freedom and, in the name of fellow
ship, soon spoil all fellowship and broth
erhOOd.
These are not the true paths to these
great ideals of humanity. What did
the fathers of this nation do in order to
insure liberty, equality and fraternity
to the American people? First, they
made republican doctrines and ideas,
republican names and frames, the solid
masonry of constitutions and laws.
They built all these glorious stones into
the walls of new political Jerusalem
and they were walls, too. They put
the solidest kind of bottom under the
whole frame. They left the door ajar
and the whole edifice open at the top
that both new men and new light might
come in. But when the new men came
in, whether born in, or naturalized, they
found themselves in house, and not in
all out doors. No man can be permit
ted to tear down these walls or to kick
out this bottom. If an alien comes in,
he must take the oath of naturaliza-
ton, when he comes. : If a man is born
in, he must not attack these republican
doctrines, ideas, constitutions, and laws.
None are at liberty who are in the house
to be monarchist, aristocrat, imperi-
alist, anarchist, anything, everything,
but republicans. Does some one say,
this restricts just freedom and puts
iron bands on brains We say we can
not help it. We have a right to pre-
serve ourselves. If any man does not
like our institutions and principles let
him remain where he is, if he is outside;
if he is inside, let him migrate. And
do we tyrannize over men because we
require them to be faithful to our polity
while they are with us g? In order to
realize free reasons and full and CO.
equal fellowship must they be permit
ted to pull down our house over our
heads ? In order to the above ends,
must we induct into offices, and into
places of power and influence, imperi-
alists, monarchists, aristocrats, anar-
chists, as such ? Are our principles"
all the time eat ing up our doctrines :?
1t is just about time that we were
through with this order of nonsense,
whether it be in church Or state. 1t is
not "apples of gold in baskets of silver"
it is "apples of Sodom" in dust and
ashes.'